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In this paper, the Multi-Temporal Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (MT-InSAR) technology is adopted to monitor the Line of Sight (LOS) displacement of Fushun West Opencast Coal Mine (FWOCM) and its surrounding areas in northeast China using Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images acquired from 2018 to 2022. The spatial-temporal evolution of urban subsidence and the south-slope landslide are both analyzed in detail. Comparison with ground measurements and cross-correlation analysis via cross wavelet transform with monthly precipitation data are also conducted, to analyze the influence factors of displacements in FWOCM. The monitoring results show that a subsidence basin appeared in the urban area near the eastern part of the north slope in 2018, with settlement center located at the intersection of E3000 and fault F1. The Qian Tai Shan (QTS) landslide on the south slope, which experienced rapid sliding during 2014 to 2016, presents seasonal deceleration and acceleration with precipitation, with the maximum displacement in vicinity of the Liushan paleochannel. The results of this paper have fully taken in account for the complications of large topographic relief, geological conditions, spatial distribution and temporal evolution characteristics of surface displacements in opencast mining area. The wide range and long time series dynamic monitoring of opencast mine are of great significance to ensure mine safety production and geological disaster prevention in the investigated mining area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Understanding the intention of community residents to seek help from mental health professionals (MHPs) is essential in targeting interventions that promote the prevention and treatment of depression. This study aimed to investigate the current status of Chinese community populations' depression help-seeking intentions from MHPs and explore factors influencing the intentions. Data were used from a survey conducted in a city in central China (n = 919 aged 38.68 ± 17.34, 72.1% female). Help-seeking intentions, help-seeking attitude, depression stigma, family function and depressive symptoms were measured. The total mean score on the intent to seek help from MHPs was 11.01 ± 7.78 and most of respondents were unwilling to seek professional help. Multiple linear regression showed that participants who were students, held a positive help-seeking attitude and had low personal stigma were more likely to have the intention to seek help from MHPs. It is necessary to utilize effective interventions to improve community residents' intention to seek professional help. These include promoting the importance of seeking professional assistance, optimizing the quality of mental health services and altering residents' prejudice to seeking professional help. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"Zou Fan" is currently the largest "tree hole" on Weibo, where people having suicidal ideation often express their thoughts and use this channel to seek support. Therefore, early suicide monitoring and timely crisis intervention based on artificial intelligence technology are needed for this social media user group. This research was based on the knowledge graph technology, whereby "Tree Hole Intelligent Agent" (i.e., Artificial Intelligence Program) was used to identify "Zou Fan Tree Hole" users at high risk for suicide, and then, the "Tree Hole Action" carried out proactive suicide crisis intervention with them. The "Tree Hole Action" has temporarily prevented 3,629 potential suicides. The "Tree Hole Action" plays a significant role in suicide risk monitoring and crisis intervention for social media users and has been seen to have an important social impact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Investigation of the spatio-temporal patterns of dune migration in a large-scale area with optical remote sensing techniques can help us to better understand aeolian phenomena and mitigate sand-dust disasters. With the rapid growth in data volume, extracting more accurate dune displacement time series and rates from optical observations has become possible; however, the method is not yet fully fledged. To address this issue, we propose an extended algorithm for the mature optical imagery cross-correlation (OICC) technique based on Landsat-8 (L8) and Sentinel-2 (S2) acquisitions. The main innovative points of this algorithm are: 1) the proposed pairing strategy for the OICC processing; 2) the modularized post-processing procedures for noise removal; and 3) the introduction of singular value decomposition (SVD) time-series inversion of the redundant optical observations to quantify the dune migration. To test the effectiveness of this algorithm, it was applied in the study of dune migration near Minqin Oasis in northwestern China, using enriched L8 and S2 images collected between April 2013 and April 2018. Compared with the original OICC results in stable areas, the post-processing and inversion of the proposed algorithm reduce the uncertainty by around 22–35% and 3–5% for L8, 29–48% and 5–12% for S2, respectively. The cross-comparison between the L8- and S2-derived displacement time series shows high consistency, and presents a lower uncertainty than the result of the traditional no-inversion method. Furthermore, the derived displacement rates show spatial patterns that are similar to those of the manually digitized results obtained with historical Google™ Earth (GE) images. These comparisons show the advantage of the proposed algorithm in automatically and accurately quantifying dune migration. Taking into account these measurements, the spatio-temporal evolution patterns of dune migration in the study area were analyzed. From the spatial perspective, the sand dunes move along a northwest-southeast axis with four detected transport pathways. Our research also shows that around 1087.7 km2 of dune fields present an active status. The active sand dunes are currently encroaching on around 155.5 km2 and 4.4 km2 of land each year outside and inside the oasis, respectively, representing a problem of rapid desertification. Temporally, the displacement time series along the dominant migration direction appears as seasonal variations that are seemly consistent with the changes in local atmospheric conditions. The proposed algorithm provides a new perspective to investigate the spatio-temporal evolution of dune migration with medium-resolution L8 and S2 optical datasets. Image 1 • - Design one new image pairing strategy for L8 and S2. • - Apply the inversion strategy of optical images to quantify dune migration. • - Interpret the spatio-temporal evolution patterns of dune migration. • - Evaluate the desertification near Minqin oasis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since Curcumae Radix decoction pieces have multiple sources, it is difficult to distinguish depending on traditional cha-racters, and the mixed use of multi-source Curcumae Radix will affect its clinical efficacy. Heracles Neo ultra-fast gas phase electronic nose was used in this study to quickly identify and analyze the odor components of 40 batches of Curcumae Radix samples from Sichuan, Zhejiang, and Guangxi. Based on the odor fingerprints established for Curcumae Radix decoction pieces of multiple sources, the odor components was identified and analyzed, and the chromatographic peaks were processed and analyzed to establish a rapid identification method. Principal component analysis(PCA), discriminant factor analysis(DFA), and soft independent modeling cluster analysis(SIMCA) were constructed for verification. At the same time, one-way analysis of variance(ANOVA) combined with variable importance in projection(VIP) was employed to screen out the odor components with P<0.05 and VIP>1, and 13 odor components such as β-caryophyllene and limonene were hypothesized as the odor differential markers of Curcumae Radix decoction pieces of diffe-rent sources. The results showed that Heracles Neo ultra-fast gas phase electronic nose can well analyze the odor characteristics and rapidly and accurately discriminate Curcumae Radix decoction pieces of different sources. It can be applied to the quality control(e.g., online detection) in the production of Curcumae Radix decoction pieces. This study provides a new method and idea for the rapid identification and quality control of Curcumae Radix decoction pieces.